IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN . The novel that first made Tess Gerritsen a crime-writing star.
Instead of giving a donor heart to the wealthy patient it’s been reserved for, she uses it to save a dying boy’s life. Luckily, a new heart appears that’s perfectly suited to the original patient, and the furore dies down.
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IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN . The novel that first made Tess Gerritsen a crime-writing star.
Instead of giving a donor heart to the wealthy patient it’s been reserved for, she uses it to save a dying boy’s life. Luckily, a new heart appears that’s perfectly suited to the original patient, and the furore dies down.
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IT'S GORY, IT'S GRIPPING, IT'S GERRITSEN. The novel that first made Tess Gerritsen a crime-writing star.'Suspense as sharp as a scalpel's edge. A page-turning, hold-your-breath read'Tami HoagHEART-STOPPING TERRORDr Abby Di Matteo has made the best - and the worst - decision of her career. Instead of giving a donor heart to the wealthy patient it's been reserved for, she uses it to save a dying boy's life.Luckily, a new heart appears that's perfectly suited to the original patient, and the furore dies down. But then Abby discovers that the organ has been obtained illegally. Defying the hospital's commands, she starts her own investigation...And uncovers a murderous conspiracy that will threaten her very life . . .
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“Suspense as sharp as a scalpel's edge. A page-turning, hold-your-breath read”
-- Tami Hoag
The best medical thriller I’ve read since Coma James Patterson
About the Author
International bestselling author TESS GERRITSEN began to write fiction whilst on maternity leave as a physician. She published her first novel in 1987 and has since sold over forty million copies of her books in forty countries.Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.
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In the ER ward of a Boston hospital, a tale of twisted terror lies waiting... Dr Abby DiMatteo is about to make a decision that will jeopardize her career. A car-crash victim's healthy heart is ready to be harvested, having been cross-matched to a private patient, forty-six year-old Nina Voss. Instead Abby makes sure the transplant goes to a dying seventeen-year-old boy who is also a perfect match. The repercussions leave her plagued with self-doubt. Suddenly a new heart appears, and the transplant is completed - but Abby makes a terrible discovery. The new heart has not come through the right channels. Defying the hospital's demands for silence, Abby begins her own investigation that reveals an intricate and murderous chain of deceptions...
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